2012
Do you believe that the world will end in 2012?
Getting the facts
2012 is the end of great calendar cycle in Mayan society. However, there is no evidence to suggest that the Mayans — or anyone for that matter — has knowledge for the world’s demise.
The movie
The movie “2012″ was released November 13, 2009 at major theaters in the world.
I had the opportunity to watch it at Silvercity, Metrotown. The theater was jam-packed with young and old patrons.
“2012″ is an epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells the heroic struggle of the survivors.
The movie started with scientists from the US and India who discovered that the world’s crust is heating up rapidly. The result would be devastating that it would cause the extinction of mankind. To survive the catastrophe, privileged people must be evacuated to China. The common people felt the wrath brought about by big earthquakes, volcanic eruption and great deluge.
California is seen destroyed by a great earthquake. Skyscrapers fall down and the earth opens its mouth to devour the city. A luxury liner and a nuclear warship are seen overturned by the great deluge. Yellowknife Park is seen with a super volcanic eruption that can be compared with the atomic bomb dropped in Hiroshima. The islands of Hawaii are engulfed in conflagration. Tsunamis submerged Washington DC, India and Tibet as well as China.
John Cussak, a father tries to save his estranged wife and children from the disaster. He, at first knew of the impending calamity when he went to Yellowknife Park for camping with his two kids. There they were apprehended by the military for entering a restricted zone—a lake where he once thought existed in the park but has now disappeared. He came across a radio announcer in the park who revealed to him the government’s secret plan–a conspiracy of building “spaceships” to save the privileged people. Through the help of his billionaire Russian boss who owns a cargo plane and knew of the conspiracy, he and his family were able to reach China. Out of fuel, they crash landed in Tibet near the place where all the privileged people sought refuge. Having no ticket, the Chinese military denied them access. They met a Tibetan family who eventually helped them enter a secret passage that goes right into the “spaceship” which turned out to be a big ship(indeed, there were three of them) like the Noah’s ark.
All disaster movies like “The Day After Tomorrow”, “Independence Day”, “Titanic”, and “Poseidon” make up the visual effects of “2012″.
Great one!
